Not a Commodity

I am not a commodity
You are not a commodity
We are not a commodity
He, She, It and They are not a commodity
.
We are local expressions of Nature
With incalculable intrinsic worth
Beyond utility
.
To believe otherwise
Is to start a price war
A crime of abstracT reason
That sets us apart
From where we belong
In each other’s company
Doing what we can to be ourselves
Receiving, nurturing, sharing the vitality
That flows into and out from
Our transient bodily envelopes